CVE-2017-10686 describes multiple heap use-after-free vulnerabilities in Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, specifically within the 'nasm' tool, affecting canonical and NASM versions of the software. These flaws, stemming from improper memory management in the token() and detoken() functions, can lead to issues like corrupted double-linked lists, double frees, or out-of-bounds writes. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), the vulnerability is locally exploitable with low attack complexity and user interaction, potentially resulting in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, including remote code execution. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nasm:netwide_assembler:2.14:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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